[Elecraft] Elecraft] Recommendations for Multimeters

[Don Brown]

Hi

Many of the Fluke meters have a response time of about 4 readings per sec=
ond for the digital display but on the analog bar graph the time is 40 re=
adings per second making it good for peaking and dipping measurements

Don Brown
KD5NDB

----- Original Message -----
From: L. D. Ingram
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:23 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft] Recommendations for Multimeters

HI,

One thing I have not seen in all the comments about multimeters is a =20
mention of the response time of the digital display which is related to t=
he =20
sampling or count rate.

Most of the less expensive meters have longer sampling times/lower count =20
rates which means you have to wait longer for the reading after connectin=
g =20
the probes. I have a friend that has an older Radio Shack DMM which I fin=
d =20
very frustrating to use because of the wait compared to my Fluke. Obvious=
ly =20
this is something you can live with if you have to but it does pay to che=
ck =20
the response time, however they state it, when buying a DMM. Unfortunatel=
y =20
this information is not always given, but a shorter response time is one =
of =20
the things you usually pay for in the more expensive meters.

Larry Ingram  AG4NN
K2  #2529


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